women eh? --------- RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 12 (Reuters) - A Brazilian referee faced suspension on Tuesday after she awarded a goal that television pictures showed was scored by a ball boy. The 89th minute goal allowed Santacruzense to snatch a 1-1 draw at home to Atletico Sorocaba in the Paulista Football Federation (FPF) Cup on Sunday, a regional tournament played in the state of Sao Paulo. Pictures showed that after a Santacruzense player shot narrowly wide, the boy collected the ball with his feet and took it back on to the pitch. However, instead of returning it to the goalkeeper, he subtly tapped it across the line into the net. Although there was nearly 10 seconds between the shot going out and the boy placing the ball over the line, referee Silvia Regina de Oliveira awarded a goal amid furious Sorocaba protests. Oliveira, who has refereed in the Brazilian first division and the Copa Sudamericana, said she based her decision on the linesman. I should have trusted my own vision," Oliveira said in a radio interview. Marcos Marinho, head of the FPF's refereeing commission, said the goal would stand and the referee would face suspension. It was a very serious mistake and, unfortunately, the punishments will have to be applied for the referee and linesman," he said. "There was a lapse of concentration and that can't happen in football. http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z7hgoOv2nEw&mode=related&search=
The ball boy seemed to be saying the ball had gone in and come out through a hole in the net and that's why he put the ball (although it was a different ball) into the back of the net. She seemed to believe him, video wasn't very clear though.
Just blown up the frame as the ball passes the post Definetly passes in front of the post and wide rather than behind it into the net and then out through an hole.</p>